Battlefield of the Future : Twenty-First Century Warfare Issues

By Barry R. Schneider; Lawrence E. Grinter

Book Id: WPLBN0002170118
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Reproduction Date: 10/11/2012

Title:	Battlefield of the Future : Twenty-First Century Warfare Issues
Author:	Barry R. Schneider; Lawrence E. Grinter
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, National Security
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago R. Schneide, B. B., & Grinter, L. E. (n.d.). Battlefield of the Future : Twenty-First Century Warfare Issues. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
This is a book about strategy and war fighting in the midst of a revolution in military affairs as the world moves into the twenty-first century. The book's purpose is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies, and threats that will confront US national security decision makers in the twenty-first century. The participating authors are either professional military officers or civilian professionals who specialize in national security issues.

Table of Contents
1 Principles of War for the Battlefield of the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Barry R. Schneider 2 New-Era Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Gen Charles A. Homer, USAF, (Ret.) 3 The Revolution in Military Affairs . . . . . . .65 Jeffrey McKitrick, James Blackwell, Fred Littlepage, George Kraus, Richard Blanchfield and Dale Hill 4 Air Theory for the Twenty-First Century . . 103 Col John A. Warden III, USAF Overview: Future Airpower and Strategy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 5 Parallel War and Hyperwar Is Every Want a Weakness? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Col Richard Szafranski, USAF Overview: Information Warfare Issues . . . 149 6 Information War - Cyberwar - Netwar . . . 153 George Stein 7 Information Warfare: Impacts and Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Col JamesW. McLendon, USAF Overview: Biological Warfare Issues. . . . . 201 8 The Biological Weapon: APoor Nation's Weapon of Mass Destruction . . . . . . . . . . 205 Lt Col Terry N. Mayer, USAF 9 Twenty-First Century Germ Warfare . . . . 227 Lt Col Robert P. Kadlec, MD, USAF 10 Biological Weapons for Waging Economic Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Lt Col Robert P. Kadlec, MD, USAF 11 On Twenty-First Century Warfare . . . . . 267 Lawrence E. Grinter and Dr. Barry R. Schneider About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275